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In Praise of Love
Alain Badiou
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Description for In Praise of Love
Paperback. The author takes on contemporary 'dating agency' conceptions of love that come complete with zero-risk insurance. He develops a new take on love that sees it as an adventure, and an opportunity for re-invention, in a constant exploration of otherness and difference that leads the individual out of an obsession with identity and self. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 6. Weight in Grams: 150.
A new century, new threats to love . . . Love without risks is like war without deaths - but, today, love is threatened by an alliance of liberalism and hedonism. Caught between consumerism and casual sexual encounters devoid of passion, love - without the key ingredient of chance - is in danger of withering on the vine. In In Praise of Love, Alain Badiou takes on contemporary 'dating agency' conceptions of love that come complete with zero-risk insurance - like US zero-casualty bombs. He develops a new take on love that sees it as an adventure, ... Read more
A new century, new threats to love . . . Love without risks is like war without deaths - but, today, love is threatened by an alliance of liberalism and hedonism. Caught between consumerism and casual sexual encounters devoid of passion, love - without the key ingredient of chance - is in danger of withering on the vine. In In Praise of Love, Alain Badiou takes on contemporary 'dating agency' conceptions of love that come complete with zero-risk insurance - like US zero-casualty bombs. He develops a new take on love that sees it as an adventure, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
155g
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846687792
SKU
V9781846687792
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About Alain Badiou
Born in Rabat, Morocco in 1937, Alain Badiou is a leading French philosopher. With Giorgio Agamben and Slavoj Zizek, he has reclaimed for the radical left the concepts of being, truth and the subject. A lifelong communist, he is the author of The Meaning of Sarkozy, Being and Event, Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil and The Communist ... Read more
Reviews for In Praise of Love
Scarcely any other moral philosopher of our day is as politically clear-sighted and courageously polemical, so prepared to put notions of truth and universality back on the agenda
Terry Eagleton One of the most important philosophers writing today
Joan Copjec A philosopher who is far from willing to abandon humanity to the vicissitudes of so-called global capitalism
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Terry Eagleton One of the most important philosophers writing today
Joan Copjec A philosopher who is far from willing to abandon humanity to the vicissitudes of so-called global capitalism
... Read more